Thursday, July 16, 2009

Puzzled?

I grew up in northern Minnesota…cold, long winters. Puzzles were a favorite family past time. I bought this new, unopened agate puzzle at a garage sale for $3, as it reminded me of the agates you find on the north shore of Lake Superior. It is only 500 pieces…doable, but yet challenging and fun to do this winter.

7 comments:

when i was a girl, my grandmoter did puzzles all the time... she would leave it sitting on a side table on the front porch, and anyone that walked by was welcome to pick up a piece and find it's place... it might take a week or two to complete the puzzle this way...(we lived on a farm so there wasn't a lot of time to sit and play with puzzles)... but everytime I see a puzzle... I think of my grandmother and her unending patience...

What a pretty puzzle! My mom and son have recently started to do puzzles together. As she grows older, she says its good for her eyes and they are wonderful for my 3 year old's fine motor skills... and even better--- they are creating special memories along the way!I'm always on the lookout for puzzles at garage sales for them!Have a wonderful day,~Amy

When our children were young we used to do puzzles in the winter time. We mae a deal everytime. I didn't have to cook a meal until the puzzle was put together and taken OFF the kitchen table. It made everyone work a little harder, and even DH would join in when he got hungry enough!